A Masterpiece

In Monday's blog post, Precious in His Sight, we learned that we have worth and value in God's eyes, even if we are sin-stained and scarred by life's traumas. Today I want to take it one step further. Not only does God see us as having value and worth, but we are His masterpieces. Consider Ephesians 2:10 as it reads in the New Living Translation: "For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." When we surrender our hearts, ourselves, to God, He creates us anew. He makes us His masterpiece.

Now a masterpiece isn't completed overnight. Completion often take years. I believe you will be encouraged by the very definition of masterpiece as found on dictionary.com. A masterpiece can be defined as:

1. a person's greatest piece of work, as in an art. 

2. anything done with masterly skill: a masterpiece of improvisation.

3. a consummate example of skill or excellence of any kind: The chef's cake was a masterpiece.

4. a piece made by a person aspiring to the rank of master in a guild or other craft organization as a proof of competence.


Let's take a look at these one by one.

1. We are God's greatest piece of work, His work of art.

2. We are being crafted with Masterly skill. And I had to chuckle about this one; we are a masterpiece of improvisation. Even with all the twists and turns we take in life, all the messes we get ourselves into, God can improvise. There is nothing we can do to keep Him from having His perfect way in our lives, when once we have submitted our hearts to Him. Isn't that encouraging?

3. We are consummate examples of God's excellence; we are trophies of His grace. It's not what we do, but what He does in us. Again, how encouraging is that?

4. God is The Master, not a person aspiring to the rank of master, so we, as His masterpieces, are proof positive of God's competence to a watching world.

So we are a masterpiece of God. He is remodeling us from the inside out. We won't get there overnight, but we are guaranteed to get there! Because God is The Master Craftsman of all time.

May you be encouraged today,
Cheri and Wayne